About Us

The Department of Economics at UBC is one of the world’s best: in a recent ranking based on research publications, our department ranked in the top 20 worldwide, and number one in Canada. Our faculty include eight researchers affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, six researchers affiliated with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, two research fellows of the Bank of Canada, two elected fellows of the Econometric Society, four fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, and one of the Distinguished Fellows of the American Economics Association.

A listing of our tenured and tenure-track faculty can be found here, and a summary of our faculty's research profiles can be found here. Information on our primary departmental contacts can be found here.